Summer League 2013

[enlightenment]

wow.. summer league announcers are retarded..

"Tross is wearing Air-Jordons"

Demar -> "Yeah too flat for his feet, his feet will hurt"

"His feet will hurt, but hes doing very well"

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No, Ross is NOT doing very well..

[isaacthompson]

His feet may be hurting, but he's playing well.

3-9, 2 fouls, 2 TO's

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[EL_CHAPO]

ohhhhhh its the original nike air jordans that are affecting ross' jump shot and mobility, makes sense

[e2thed]

that guy sucks he shoulda asked demar about the zimmerman verdict lol

[rocwell]

Ouch, Raps offence sucks now

[Xixak]

Stephenson can defend really well. DeMar can't. For Indiana that would be an easy decision.

Lol. You don't need elite defenders at every position, and Stephenson is far from an elite defender. DeRozan would easily start on that Pacers team especially considering how often they went on spells in which they couldn't produce any offense.

Danny Green is perhaps the prototypical 3-and-D shooting guard at this point. There is exactly zero chance the Spurs would start DeRozan over Green.

You may have a point here just because a 3+D player is exactly what the Spurs needed at the SG position. The Spurs would almost certainly rather have DeRozan than Manu as their 6th man though.

The Thunder had Kevin Martin, a all-offense shooting guard. DeMar's offense is worse and his defense is no better. (I agree that now the Thunder are one of the more natural trading partners if we wanted to trade DeMar.)

Kevin Martin didn't start in the playoffs. And you're also wrong. The difference on offense is negligible and DeRozan does a better job defensively and rebounding and passing the basketball.


A defense-oriented team is not going to start DeMar over a top-5 perimeter defender in the entire league. DeMar wouldn't even make sense in Memphis as a sixth man because DeMar doesn't shoot threes and that's what Memphis needs.

I didn't realize that Zach Randolph was an elite defender, thanks for the heads-up. That Grizzlies team would DEFINITELY start DeRozan. If they really needed Allen's defense they'd just start DeMar at the 3 spot, because they basically had no perimeter offense which killed them during the playoffs.

Regardless, this whole argument is irrelevant because I was originally responding to a poster who said DeMar would not see significant playing time on any of the 16 playoff teams. That statement is idiotic, foolish and asinine.

[white men can't jump]

i agree, but he does not look like he is ready

He definitely doesn't look good. The only positive I'm taking is that, despite it not being great, his ballhandling is at least better.

[tucas]

Valanciunas is looking sloppy this half. He has 5 turnovers for the game and is letting Dunigan make him look silly on back to back possessions on offense. I think he needs to slow down a bit. He had a great first half but shouldn't push it

[JimiCliff]

He definitely doesn't look good. The only positive I'm taking is that, despite it not being great, his ballhandling is at least better.

It's also just one game

[Machine]

jv is in a ufc fight down low

[white men can't jump]

It's also just one game

For sure. And chaotic summer league ball is always something you take with a grain of salt. I also thought his D was generally good in the first half at least. Showed the quicks to stay in front of his man.

[Machine]

kennedy looks a bit like captain jack

[white men can't jump]

Valanciunas is looking sloppy this half. He has 5 turnovers for the game and is letting Dunigan make him look silly on back to back possessions on offense. I think he needs to slow down a bit. He had a great first half but shouldn't push it

On the sloppy note....It's still the first "competitive" basketball these guys have played in months. They're going to have ups and downs as they deal with conditioning.

[Chr1s1anL]

@stackmack: leg cramps are no joke. Terrence Ross getting tended to by trainer on the side. has been dealing with leg cramping all week.

[white men can't jump]

Man, it's true that Wright has looked good. I think I saw a few people saying that. How does this guy not at least get onto the end of an NBA roster?